Warsaw, 6 December, 2016 – Financial sector development must go beyond improving access to bank credit. Financial systems should develop in a balanced way through both bank and non-bank subsectors, including...

BUCHAREST, November 22, 2016 – There will be a modest increase in GDP growth in 2016 for countries in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region. Low oil and other commodity prices in the eastern half of...

Chisinau, November 3, 2016 - Moldova has an opportunity as well as the potential to continue lifting people out of poverty and building shared prosperity among its people. The key will be continuing...

WASHINGTON, October 25, 2016 – Economies of the Europe and Central Asia region place among the top improvers in the World Bank Group’s ease of doing business report. All but one of the region’s 25 economies...

Washington, July 7, 2016 — Today, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$10 million IDA credit to the Republic of Moldova for the Moldova Agriculture Competitiveness Project 2nd...

Chisinau, June 29, 2016 – The Public Procurement Agency (PPA), in partnership with e-Government Center and the World Bank, has launched a website that houses data on almost 16,000 government contracts...

Chisinau, June 24, 2016 – Young job-seekers need a comprehensive career guidance system and better information on education choices and employment opportunities, reveals the World Bank’s report From Aspirations...

Chisinau, June 16, 2016 – Moldova has made good progress in reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity, but the drivers of this progress in the past are likely to exercise a much more limited role,...

Chisinau, June 7, 2016 – Ms. Satu Kahkonen, the newly appointed Country Director for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine, together with Mr. Qimiao Fan, who was recently appointed as Country Director for Bangladesh,...

When we entered the room, it was filled with the delicious aroma of freshly-baked plăcintă, a traditional Moldovan pastry. Plus, tea was brewing! Indeed a perfect setting to welcome guests, but also just...

In 2003, exports of wine from Moldova reached $162 million, making it the country’s largest export, comprising 21% of all exports. But Russian trade restrictions in the last decade have made it harder...

Policy Makers and Experts Gather for Ministerial Conference VIENNA, April 27, 2016 – Finance ministers, senior government representatives, and representatives of the business, professional and academic...

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2016—The World Bank Group and nonprofit Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) today awarded nine teams from around the world a total of US$1.2 million in recognition of their...

The Republic of Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Eastern Europe. It also suffers from bitterly cold winters, with temperatures dipping to well below freezing. This makes keeping public buildings...

CHISINAU, January 19, 2016 - At the request of Mr. Filip, the World Bank organized a meeting on January 19 between the candidate for Prime Minister Pavel Filip and a group of Moldova’s Development Partners....

Alex Kremer is British. Since August 2014 he has been the World Bank Country Manager for Moldova. He coordinates multi-million dollar projects which the World Bank is implementing in scores of localities...

WASHINGTON, October 30, 2015 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$80 million financing to the Republic of Moldova for the Local Roads Improvement Project, which will support...